Translation Rights List Including FICTION May 2019 Contents • Rights Department p.3 • Little, Brown Imprints p.4 • General p.5 • Literary p.15 • Commercial p.20 • Crime, Mystery & Thriller p.26 • Sci-Fi & Fantasy p.36 • Rights Representatives p.44 Key • Rights sold displayed in parentheses indicates that we do not control the rights • An asterisk indicates a new title since previous Rights list • Titles in italics were not published by Little, Brown Book Group. 2 Rights Department ANDY HINE Rights Director Brazil, Germany, Italy, Poland, Scandinavia, Latin America and the Baltic States [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3122 6545 KATE HIBBERT Rights Director USA, Spain, Portugal, Far East, the Netherlands, Flemish Belgium and the Indian Subcontinent [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3122 6619 HELENA DOREE Senior Rights Manager France, French Belgium, Turkey, Arab States, Israel, Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Macedonia [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3122 6598 HENA BRYAN Rights Trainee [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3122 0693 Little, Brown Book Group Follow us on Twitter: Carmelite House @LBBGRights 50 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DZ UNITED KINGDOM 3 Little, Brown Imprints 4 General Highlights INHERITANCE A LINE OF DESIRE LIBERATION AFTER THE END 5 * THE BOOK OF KOLI by M.R. Carey Contemporary Fiction | Orbit | 416pp | april 2020 | Korea: Duran Kim | Japan: Japan Uni This is the tale of Koli – a young man who lives in the village of Mythen Rood. This is a future Britain, but one which is barely recognisable now. Things have been very different since environmental disaster wreaked havoc on nature, and since the Unfinished War caused a complete societal breakdown and brought humanity close to extinction…For one thing, the villagers are practically held prisoner within their settlement walls, because if you risk stepping into the vastly overgrown forests that surround them whilst the sun is out, the choker trees will crush you in their midst - that’s if one of their deadly seeds doesn’t land on you first and burrow into your skin. And that’s not even to mention the shunned men . If you fall into their hands, you’ll never be seen again. Rumour has it that they’ll skin you alive and eat what’s left. But Koli and his village feel safe and protected due to one thing: The Ramparts, those key four people who defend the village using the special tech of the Old Times. These Ramparts are the chosen ones: the only ones for whom the technology has “woken”, and the only ones who can wield the power of these weapons. And they are the elite of the village, living the life of privilege that their honoured status earns them. Koli is coming to the age where he - like all those his age - will take the test to see if he is destined to be a Rampart, a sacred protector of the village. But when Koli discovers a corruption in the testing ceremony, and at the heart of the whole village, he will fight back. But the consequences of his actions will be far greater than he could have imagined. Praise for THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS: As fresh as it is terrifying . It left me sighing with envious joy – Joss Whedon; Original, thrilling and powerful – The Guardian; Haunting, heart-breaking – Vogue. M.R. Carey’s novel THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS sold over a million copies and was turned into a major film in 2016 starring Glenn Close and Gemma Arterton. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on X-Men and Fantastic Four, Marvel's flagship superhero titles. US – Orbit THE UNDOING OF ARLO KNOTT by Heather Child Contemporary Fiction| Orbit | 464pp | August 2019| Korea: KCC | Japan: Mainstream crossover fiction from the author of EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU What if your life had an 'undo' button? Arlo Knott discovers he can rewind time - just by a minute or two - enough to undo any mistake, say the right thing or impress his friends with his uncanny predictions... But second chances aren't all they're cracked up to be. As wonderful as his new life is, a mistake in Arlo's traumatic childhood still haunts him and the temptation to undo, undo and keep undoing is too much to resist. Heather Child has an MA in Writing from the University of Warwick. She worked with writers including Maureen Freely, Rebecca Abrams and China Mieville.́ Her work has appeared in a range of literary magazines including Mslexia, the Storgy 2014 Short Story Anthology and Notes from the Underground online. Option publishers: Russian (Eksmo). 6 * INHERITANCE by Jenny Eclair Contemporary Fiction | Sphere | 320pp | August 2019 From Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Jenny Eclair, INHERITANCE is her heart-breaking new novel In deepest Cornwall, the mansion Kittiwake has seen many pass through its doors since it was bought by American heiress Peggy Carmichael seventy years ago. Over the decades, the keys have been handed down through the family, and now it belongs to Bel's adoptive brother, Lance. It's where he'll be celebrating his 50th birthday, and Bel is invited. But in going back to Kittiwake, Bel will be returning to the place where it all began - where, following the death of a child, a sequence of events was set in motion years ago, the consequences of which are still rippling down through the generations. Jenny Eclair is the author of four critically acclaimed novels: CAMBERWELL BEAUTY; HAVING A LOVELY TIME; LIFE, DEATH AND VANILLA SLICES and MOVING. One of the UK's most popular writer/performers, she was the first woman to win the prestigious Perrier Award and has many TV and radio credits to her name. She lives in South-East London. Option publishers: German (Bastei Leubbe AG), Norwegian (Cappelen Damm A/S), Italian (Sperling and Kupfer Editori) Polish (Grupa Wydawnicza Foksal sp. z.o.o), Turkish (Altin Kitaplar). * WIFE AFTER WIFE by Olivia Hayfield Contemporary Fiction | Piatkus | 400pp | January 2020 A rollicking retelling of the story of England's favourite ginger tyrant - King Henry VIII - but with a 21st century twist Divorced, murdered, died, divorced, suicide, survived... Wealthy, devilishly handsome businessman Harry Rose is head of Rose Corporation, No.18 on the Forbes rich list and recently married to wife number six. But in 2018, with business in the spot light and his love life under scrutiny, Harry's perfect world has the potential to come crashing to the ground - and Harry is worried man. As Harry's conscience battles to justify his past actions - from 1980s young gun to present-day ginger tyrant - he begins to realise how the strong, savvy women he's loved and lost have played host to a life story worthy of any tabloid. And that behind the money, sex and glamour lies a truer tale of infidelity, intrigue and lies... Olivia Hayfield is a published author and has worked as an editor for over 20 years. Born in the UK, where she lived most of her life, she now lives in New Zealand. 7 A LINE OF DESIRE by Amanda Craig Contemporary Fiction| Little, Brown | 352pp | March 2020 | Korea: Duran Kim | Japan: TMA Amanda Craig’s new novel turns on two women who meet by chance and discover that they are both victims of abusive husbands. Together, they plot their revenge. When Hannah is invited into the First-Class carriage of the London to Penzance train by Jinni, she walks into a spider’s web. Now a poor young single mother, Hannah once escaped Cornwall to go to university. But once she married Jake and had his child, her dreams were crushed into bitter disillusion. Her husband has left her for Eve, rich and childless, and Hannah has been surviving by becoming a cleaner in London. Jinni is equally angry and bitter, and in the course of their journey the two women agree to murder each other’s husbands. After all, they are strangers on a train - who could possibly connect them? But when Hannah goes to Jinni’s husband’s home the next night, she finds Stan, a huge, hairy, ugly drunk who has his own problems - not least the care of a half-ruined house and garden. He claims Jinni is a very different person to the one who has persuaded Hannah to commit a terrible crime. Who is telling the truth - and who is the real victim? Praise for Amanda Craig: She is a humane writer as well a waspish one and it is the plight of London's migrant workers and sink-school pupils with which she is primarily concerned here, and her passion and care are affecting – The Observer on HEARTS AND MINDS; A marvelously readable novel, written with great humour and spark, but also social heart and central relevance to the way we live now. To achieve both in one is a terrific - and uncommon – The Bookseller on THE LIE OF THE LAND; We are left simultaneously laughing and cringing as we can't fail to see ourselves in the lives of those portrayed in THE LIE OF THE LAND. Like all great fiction, it embraces us with a brilliant story while holding up an unflinching mirror asking questions of ourselves – Edinburgh International Literary Festival on THE LIE OF THE LAND. Amanda Craig is a British novelist, short-story writer and critic. Born in South Africa in 1959, she grew up in Italy, where her parents worked for the UN, and was educated at Bedales School and Clare College, Cambridge.